Sean Morley, writing for Now Then Magazine:

Every major political party seems to be operating under the belief that Reform UK supporters have five votes each and everyone who doesn’t want to pneumatically press disabled people into an impacted cube is unable to fill out a ballot card. We live in the (disenfranchised back of) the imperial core. Here, bigotry is always on the menu. Every policy dogwhistles pied piperishly at sunburnt pink-faced pint goblins who would sink the Titanic with a nuclear warhead if they heard there was a refugee on board. The culture is scarred with ancient ley lines of intolerance and conservativism.

I am astonished by the UK media/politicians who are seemingly desperate to placate the view of people who essentially have the intelligence and disposition of a someone who was kicked in the head by a horse.

They really exist. They have always existed. Trans people, just...

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A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. April was warm and the extra daylight has been great for the old menty hel (mental health).

My favourite film from each year of the naughties.

• Almost Famous
• Amélie
• 24 Hour Party People
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• Collateral
• Sin City
• Pan's Labyrinth
• No Country for Old Men
• Synecdoche, New York
• Inglourious Basterds

Watched on Saturday April 12, 2025.

Letterbox showdown of favourite films with specific locations in the title.

• The Muppets Take Manhattan
• Notting Hill
• Synecdoche, New York
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• This Is England
• Dunkirk
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• The Last Black Man in San Francisco
• Casablanca

Watched on Monday April 7, 2025.

Watched on Sunday April 6, 2025.

After a dry Jan and an accidentally wet Feb, I got back to winning ways in March. 30/31 days without a drink, and that one time an almost unavoidable Stag/Hen party. It’s been a good month, and I’m feeling the benefits both in my head and in my wallet.

Looking at the whole year I’m 88/93 days without alcohol. Looking ahead to April there are one or two occasions where I might be tempted, but I can feel that 3 months in, my relationship with drinking has started to change. I’m no longer thinking about weekends and picturing the pub, I’m thinking about getting round to the things I put off because I knew I would be hungover.

Again, I realise it’s not a totally dry month but I’m really pleased with how it’s going and with how my life will look at the end of the year. Yes, it’s a...

A run down of everything I’ve consumed this month. March has marched on out, but spring is here and summer is on the way. I managed to get my new office space decorated (but the cat isn’t very happy about it).

I read this article A Project of One’s Own by Paul Graham and really related to it. I’m always giving myself little projects, usually to scratch the creative itch my brain requires.